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Teacher Turnover and Access to Effective Teachers in the School District of Philadelphia, Study Snapshot

Erin Dillon and Steven Malick

The Evaluation of the Alabama Food Stamp Cash-Out Demonstration Vol. 1: Recipient Impacts

Thomas M. Fraker, Alberto Martini, James C. Ohls, Michael Ponza and Elizabeth A. Quinn

Practice Characteristics of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners and Physicians

Peter I. Buerhaus, Catherine M. DesRoches, Robert Dittus and Karen Donelan

An Approach for Addressing the Multiple Testing Problem in Social Policy Impact Evaluations

Peter Z. Schochet

The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start Programs Are Reaching Out to Kith and Kin Caregivers

Diane Paulsell, Debra Mekos, Patricia Del Grosso, Patti Banghart and Renée Nogales

Comprehensive Reform for 21st Century Success: New Directions for Community Colleges

Nan L. Maxwell Ann E. Person and Editors

National Survey of SSI Children and Families Data Collection and Survey Content

Susan Mitchell

Consumer and Provider Perspectives on Shared Decision Making: A Systematic Review of the Peer-Reviewed Literature

Nyna Williams and Chris Fleming

KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes

Christina Clark Tuttle, Brian Gill, Philip Gleason, Virginia Knechtel, Ira Nichols-Barrer and Alexandra Resch

Case Study of North Carolina: Exploring Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment Trends and Their Links to Policy and Practice

Christopher Trenholm, Embry Howell and Brigette Courtot

Psychometric Analysis of Child Outcome Measures with American Indian and Alaska Native Preschoolers: Initial Evidence from AI/AN FACES 2015

Lizabeth Malone, Sara Bernstein, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Yange Xue

Early Education Experiences: Regional Differences in Kindergartners' Early Education Experiences

Emily Rosenthal, Amy Rathbun and Jerry West

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities

Bonnie O'Day, Crystal Blyler, Benjamin Fischer, Claire Gill, Todd Honeycutt, Rebecca Kleinman, Joseph Mastrianni, Eric Morris, Lisa Schottenfeld, Allison Thompkins, Allison Wishon-Siegwarth and Michelle Bailey

Use of Conceptual Scoring to Increase Reliability and Validity of Direct Child Assessments with Linguistically Diverse Preschoolers

Sally Atkins-Burnett and Nikki Aikens

Making Effective Use of Postsecondary Data in K-12 Education Settings

Luke Heinkel, Kristin Hallgren, Brian Gill and Megan Shoji

HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 7 Transcript: Urban Institute)

Demetra Nightingale, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab

Improving the School Attendance of New Jersey's Youngest Learners: Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades: How to Choose and Implement Proven Strategies to Improve Attendance

Martha Bleeker, Jaimie Grazi and Felicia Hurwitz

The Role of Goal Setting in Integrated Service Delivery

Mary Anne Anderson, Lindsay Ochoa, Margaret Sullivan and Nan Maxwell

The National Study of Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness: Report on Interim Findings

Robin Lake, Brianna Dusseault, Melissa Bowen, Allison Demeritt and Paul Hill

Analyzing the Association between Student Weight Status and School Meal Participation: Evidence from the School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study

Sarah Bardin and Alice Ann Gola

Dynamics of WIC Program Participation by Infants and Children, 2001 to 2003

Laura Castner, James Mabli and Julie Sykes

Collective Action in Games as in Life: Experimental Evidence from Canal Cleaning in Haiti

Abbie Turiansky

Minnesota Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Project Demonstration: Final Evaluation Report

Purvi Sevak, Matthew Kehn, Todd Honeycutt and Gina Livermore

Bridging the Gap: A Comparative Assessment of Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Practices with Transition-Age Youth

Todd Honeycutt, Maura Bardos and Stephaine McLeod

Supporting Grant Recipients Through Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Efforts: Lessons from the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) CQI Pilot

Annie Buonaspina, Samantha Zelenack and Brittany Tabora

2012 Regional Partnership Grants to Increase the Well-Being of and to Improve the Permanency Outcomes for Children Affected by Substance Abuse: Second Annual Report to Congress

Debra A. Strong, Sarah A. Avellar, Julieta Lugo-Gil, Megan Hague-Angus and Caroline Massad Francis

The Impact of the Children's Health Initiative (CHI) of Santa Clara County on Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Enrollment

Christopher A. Trenholm, Sean Orzol and Crandall Peeler

Vitamin B-12 Concentrations in Breast Milk Are Low and Are Not Associated with Reported Household Hunger, Recent Animal-Source Food, or Vitamin B-12 Intake in Women in Rural Kenya

Anne M. Williams, Caroline J. Chantry, Sera L. Young, Beryl S. Achando, Lindsay H. Allen, Benjamin F. Arnold, John M. Colford, Jr., Holly N. Dentz, Daniela Hampel, Marion C. Kiprotich, Audrie Lin, Clair A. Null, Geoffrey M. Nyambane, Setti Shahab-Ferdows and Christine P. Stewart

Sensitivity of Teacher Value-Added Estimates to Student and Peer Control Variables (Journal Article)

Matthew T. Johnson, Stephen Lipscomb and Brian Gill

An Examination of the Maternal Health Quality of Care Landscape in India

So O'Neil, Katie Naeve and Rajani Ved

Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables

Stacy Berg Dale and Alan Krueger

The Implementation of Maternity Group Home Programs: Serving Pregnant and Parenting Teens in a Residential Setting

Lara K. Hulsey, Robert G. Wood and Anu Rangarajan

QRS Profile: Mississippi Quality Step System

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Pre-Design Study for the Evaluation of Recovery Act Green Jobs, Health Care, and Other High Growth Competitive Grants

Karen Needels and Annalisa Mastri

Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from the Baseline and First Follow-Up Surveys

Janice Ballou, Tom Barton, David DesRoches, Frank Potter, E.J. Reedy, Alicia Robb, Scott Shane and Zhanyun Zhao

Selecting Policy Indicators and Developing Simulation Models for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs

Lisa Dragoset and Anne Gordon

Synthesis of 10 Case Studies: Exploring Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment Trends and Their Links to Policy and Practice

Judith Wooldridge, Christopher Trenholm and Angela Gerolamo

Monitoring Local Safety-Net Providers: Do They Have Adequate Capacity?

Suzanne Felt-Lisk and Megan McHugh. Embry Howell

The State of Teacher Induction in Urban America

Martha Bleeker, Sarah Dolfin, Amy Johnson, Steven Glazerman, Eric Isenberg and Mary Grider

Using Health Text Messages to Improve Consumer Health Knowledge, Behaviors, and Outcomes: An Environmental Scan

Mathematica Policy Research and Public Health Institute

Logics of Freedom: Debating Religious Freedom Laws and Gay and Lesbian Rights

Emily Kazyak, Kelsy Burke and Mathew Stange

Medicare Beneficiaries and Choice in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, 2000

Marsha Gold, Cheryl Young and Beth Stevens

Primary Care Practice Transformation Introduces Different Staff Roles

Kaylyn E. Swankoski, Deborah N. Peikes, Maya Palakal, Nancy Duda and Timothy J. Day

Underusers of Mammogram Screening: Stage of Adoption in Five U.S. Subpopulations

Anne M. Stoddard, Barbara K. Rimer, Dorothy Lane, Sarah A. Fox, Issac Lipkus, Roger Luckmann, Jill Spitz Avrunin, Susan Sprachman, Mary Costanza and Nicole Urban

Food Stamps in Rural America: Special Issues and Common Themes

Sheena McConnell and James Ohls

Improving Employment Outcomes: Using Innovative Goal-Oriented Strategies in TANF Programs

Michelle Derr, Jonathan McCay and Jacqueline F. Kauff

Combination Classes and Educational Achievement (Conference Paper)

Jaime Thomas

A Life Lesson in Civics: How Democracy Prep Charter Schools Boost Student Voting

Brian P. Gill, Charles Tilley, Emilyn Whitesell, Mariel Finucane, Liz Potamites and Sean Corcoran

Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS), October 1, 1997 Questionnaire

Mathematica Policy Research

How Individual and Environmental Factors Affect Employment Outcomes

Purvi Sevak and David C. Stapleton John O’Neill

The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration: Implementation and Short-Term Impacts

Myles Maxfield, Allen Schirm and Núria Rodriguez-Planas

Supporting Parents with Child Care During Training

Nickie Fung, Jessica Harding, Elizabeth Brown, Kara Conroy, Jeanette Holdbrook, Grace Roemer and Max Rankin

Adapting Evaluations of Alternative Payment Models to a Changing Environment

Thomas W. Grannemann and Randall S. Brown

A Study of Work Participation and Full Engagement Strategies

Jacqueline Kauff, Michelle K. Derr and LaDonna Pavetti

Best Practices in Ensuring Data Quality in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS)

Sarah Friese, Kathryn Tout and Gretchen Kirby

WIC-Medicaid II Feasibility Study: Final Report Appendices

Keith Kranker, Mary Kay Fox, Nora Paxton and Jessica Galin

W2 Converting to Wisconsin Works: Where Did Families Go When AFDC Ended in Milwaukee?

Rebecca Swartz, Jacqueline Kauff, Lucia Nixon, Tom Fraker, Jay Hein and Susan Mitchell

Biased Selection in the Tefra HMO/CMP Program

Jerrold W. Hill and Randall S. Brown

Effective Evaluation of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for Early Care and Education and School-Age Care

Gail Zellman, Richard Brandon, Kimberly Boller and J. Lee Kreader

Food Stamp Program Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations: Interim Report on Elderly Participation Patterns

Scott Cody

Background Paper for Assessing the Evaluability of the HHS Strategic Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

Valerie Cheh and Rachel Shapiro

Linking Administrative Data to Improve Understanding of Child Maltreatment Incidence and Related Risk and Protective Factors

Andrea Mraz Esposito, Claire Smither Wulsin, Leah Pranschke, Andrew Burwick and Rebekka Nickman

Descriptive Data on Region XI Head Start Children and Families: AIAN FACES Spring 2020 Data Tables and Study Design

Myley Dang, Sara Bernstein, Elizabeth Doran, Ann Li, Ashley Kopack Klein, Natalie Reid, Myah Scott, Sharika Rakibullah, Judy Cannon, Jeff Harrington, Addison Larson, Nikki Aikens, Louisa Tarullo and Lizabeth Malone

Rewarding Physicians for Their Patients' Health Outcomes: What Can Medicare Learn from Education's Value-Added Models?

Greg Peterson and Eric Schone

Easing the Burden of Caregiving: The Impact of Consumer Direction of Primary Informal Caregivers in Arkansas (Journal Article)

Leslie Foster, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips and Barbara Lepidus Carlson

2010 National and State Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption

Jeffrey J. Sacks, Katherine R. Gonzales, Ellen E. Bouchery, Laura E. Tomedi and Robert D. Brewer

Marcos Institucionales Para la Evaluación de Políticas Públicas (Presentation)

Lorenzo Moreno

A Research Agenda for Home-Based Child Care

Patricia Del Grosso, Juliet Bromer, Toni Porter, Christopher Jones, Ann Li, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Nikki Aikens

Iowa Families That Left TANF: How Are They Faring Two Years Later?

Jacqueline Kauff, Thomas Fraker and Julita Milliner-Waddell

Maternal and Child Characteristics Associated with Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices

Kristy Hendricks, Ronette Briefel, Timothy Novak and Paula Ziegler

State Partnership Initiative: Synthesis of Impact Estimates Generated by the State Projects' Evaluations

Deborah Peikes and Ankur Sarin

Potential Effects of Program Changes on Food Stamp Program Error Rates

James C. Ohls and Jennifer Schore

A Study of Federal Spending on Diabetes: An Opportunity for Federal Leadership in Diabetes

Marsha Gold and Ronette Briefel

You've Got Error

Ronald R. Palanca

Monthly Estimates of the Antipoverty Effectiveness of Selected Cash and In-Kind Programs

Susan Holland and Pat Doyle

Emerging Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: The Role of Managed Care

Marsha Gold, Jessica Nysenbaum and Sonya Streeter

Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: State Implementation Progress School Year 2010-2011

Quinn Moore, Kevin Conway and Brandon Kyler

A Guide to Real-World Evaluations of Primary Care Interventions: Some Practical Advice

Deborah Peikes, Erin Fries Taylor, Janice Genevro and David Meyers

Simulating Proposed Changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Countable Resources and Categorical Eligibility

Karen Cunnyngham

Measurement of Childhood Serious Emotional Disturbance: State of the Science and Issues for Consideration

Heather Ringeisen, Leyla Stambaugh, Cecilia Casanueva, Beth Stroul, Jerry West, Jonaki Bose, Sarra Hedden, Gary Blau, Shelli Avenevoli, Lisa Colpe, Kathleen Merikangas, Glorisa Canino, Alice Carter, William E. Copeland, Prudence W. Fisher, Joan Kaufman and William Narrow

Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2009-2011 for All Eligible People and the Working Poor

Karen Cunnyngham, Amang Sukasih and Laura Castner

Disparities in the Healthfulness of School Food Environments and the Nutritional Quality of School Lunches

Sarah Bardin, Liana Washburn and Elizabeth Gearan

Operating a Vocational Training Program in a Juvenile Correctional Facility: A Case Study

Sukey Leshnick and Sarah Thomason

Wash For Life: Stage 2 Grantee Profiles

Clair Null, Jeremy Paley, Jamie McCasland, Jeremy Brecher-Haimson and Christina Phelps

SCAN Policies Database Fact Sheet

Elizabeth Weigensberg and Nuzhat Islam

Study of Rhode Island's Uninsured: Current Costs and Future Opportunities

Deborah Chollet, Jeffrey Ballou, Allison Barrett and Thomas Bell

Expanding Coverage for Children: The Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative

Christopher Trenholm

HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 2 Video: USDA, FAS)

Eleanor Morefield, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab

Food Consumption Patterns of Young Preschoolers: Are They Starting Off on the Right Path?

Mary Kay Fox, Elizabeth Condon, Ronette R. Briefel, Kathleen C. Reidy and Denise M. Deming

Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Final Report on Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance Across Four Years (Executive Summary)

Hanley Chiang, Cecilia Speroni, Mariesa Herrmann, Kristin Hallgren, Paul Burkander and Alison Wellington

Touchpoints for Addressing Substance Use Issues in Home Visiting: Executive Summary of Phase 1 Final Report

Mynti Hossain, Lauren Akers, Patricia Del Grosso, Marisa Shenk, Michael Cavanaugh and Melissa Azur

The Early Experience of the Health Quality Partners Case Management Program

Nancy Archibald and Jennifer Schore

Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance After Two Years

Hanley Chiang, Alison Wellington, Kristin Hallgren, Cecilia Speroni, Mariesa Herrmann, Steven Glazerman and Jill Constantine

Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2013 (Summary)

Kelsey Farson Gray

A More Diverse Teaching Force May Improve Educational Outcomes for Minority Students (Infographic)

Jeffrey Terziev

Benefits and Challenges of Expanding Grid Electricity in Africa: A Review of Rigorous Evidence on Household Impacts in Developing Countries

Kristine Bos, Duncan Chaplin and Arif Mamun

The NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program: Career Outcomes of Scholars and Non-Awarded Finalists

Steven Glazerman, Neil Seftor and Jesse Gregory

Social Security Numbers in Medicaid Records: Reporting and Validity, 2009

John L. Czajka and Shinu Verghese

Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 2000 to 2006

Kari Wolkwitz

Patient Dismissal by Primary Care Practices (Journal Article)

Ann O’Malley, Kaylyn Swankoski, Deborah Peikes, Jesse Crosson, Nancy Duda, Timothy Day and Shannon Heitkamp